Services provided by Polish EEZ

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The value of Southern Baltic coastal
ecosystem.Does it matter ?
By authors from the Network for Studies on
Coastal Zone Processes Consortium of Polish
Marine Research Institutes (IOPAN, IEPAN, IBWPAN,
IG, IOUG, MIR, KISPG, IPUG, PAP J.M.Weslawski,
S.Massel, I.Sagan, E.Andrulewicz, E.Kuzebski,
K.Olanczuk-Neyman, G.Rózynski, M.Mendel, K.Skóra,
Z.Witek, H.Piekarek-Jankowska, B.Urban-Malinga,
K.Jankowska, L.Kotwicki, J.Zachowicz, S.Uscinowicz
Leba
Puck
Hel
Gdynia
Ustka
Sopot
Darlowo
Gdansk
Kolobrzeg
Elblag
Swinoujscie
Szczecin
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Goods and services - that are not
human-mediated (e.g. solar radiation) - those
which might be changed (e.g. microbial activity)
Sweden
Poland
Germany
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Selection of marine protected areas in Poland

• Important birds nesting resting grounds
• Rare coastal plants communities
• Unique habitat on the seabottom - stone/boulder
  pits
• Reservoir of concentrated species and habitats
  Puck Bay
• Grey seal resting site ?

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Protected coastal areas in Poland
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Most valued habitat and structuring species
seagrass beds
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Most typical habitat in shallow sublittoral,
poor in diversity, important in microbial
functions
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Rare habitat of low ecological importance ?
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Habitat mapping
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Species of restricted habitat area Sandhopper,
the only macroscopic consumer of lignin in
marine environment, occurrs along the whole 500
km of Polish sea coast, but effectively on less
than 2 km2
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Why Peracarida for biodiversity surogate ?

• large, conspicious species
• widely known, relatively easy identification
• brooders
• speciose taxon, widely dispersed
• vulnerable for contaminants

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Malacostraca - percent of regional macrofauna
macrozoobentos
Amphipoda
Isopoda
Tanaidacea
Cumacea
Decapoda
Euphausiacea
Mysidacea
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Peracarida species occurrence in Baltic shows
salinity/habitat gradient effect on species
richness
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For the large areas of uniform seascape,
local bays serves as diversity reservoires
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Do we value in a similar way ?
For many, the plastic net cover on cliff and the
coastal motorway is more attractive than
underdeveloped shore
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Example of valuation annual value of sandy
beach and shallow littoral
Tourism 8 mln pers./y 500 mln euro Artisanal
sport fishery 10 mln euro Organic matter
mineralisation 0.15 mln euro Carbon sink
0.015 mln euro Biofiltration 5.5 mln
euro Nursery grounds 1 mln euro Model
organisms - ? Erosion control ?
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Services provided by Polish EEZ
CO2 sink, DMS production
Climate regulation
Valuation possible
no data
Disturbance regulation
Oil spill degradation
Algal mats, TEP production
Erosion control
no data
Limited information
Remineralisation
Microbial decomposition
Provision of biological resources
Nursery grounds
Valuation possible
Monitoring and modelling
Bioindicators biomarkers
Limited information
Limited information
Recreation
Tourism, sea sports
Culture, education Science
Popular scientific products
no data
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Goods provided by Polish EEZ
Mineral resources
Gravel, sand
Limited exploitation (?)
Oil, gas
Exploited (40 mln euro?)
Extensive grey zone. Over 20 mln euro?
Amber
Extensively exploited and regulated 60 mln euro
(100?)
Comercial artisanal and sport fishery
Biological resources
Planned investm. 5 bln euro
other
Mineral resources